HostReview Launches New Web Hosting Awards

The web hosting awards at HostReview have been significantly revised to a set of new Top 10 awards separated in five categories. The new award format gives us the opportunity to rate web hosting companies in a variety of relevant areas.

The new categories are:
• Best Web Hosting Company
The Best Web Hosting Awards are based on the overall performance of the selected companies.  Yahoo! Small Business Web Hosting is the leader here. Not only was it selected by the award panel of HostReview, but it has been recognized by both industry media and user opinion. The other winners include 1 & 1 Internet and Navisite, companies with an outstanding overall performance.
• Fastest Growing Company
The Fastest Growing awards are intended to showcase fast-moving companies that are increasing quickly in size and prestige. Here the award goes to M6.Net for maintaining friendly network administration and support staff and creating more and more fans among the web hosting customers. Bizon Hosting and Jumpline.com were also recognized for their fast growth and quality of services.
• Best Dedicated Server Package
Best Dedicated Server Package awards show those companies that offer outstanding performance and value for dedicated servers. The #1 choice in this category is Aplus.Net, long recognized as the innovator in the industry.  Aplus.net is selected #1 for its dedicated servers packages and technology base in the state-of-the-art Data Center. The Planet and Hostway are winners here too for their dedicated packages and high-technology.  
• Best Budget Hosting
Best Budget Web Hosting Awards are intended to mark companies providing the best low-cost options for starting businesses.
The winner is 1&1 Internet for their complete hosting solution for the small businesses. The company provides trusted solutions at affordable prices. PowWeb and HostExcellence are marked for their success in providing budget hosting plans to the customers. 
• Best Managed Hosting Service
Best Managed Hosting Service is an Award intended to mark the companies with best performance through the last month.  Rackspace gets the nod as a company traditionally known for its best managed services. Here winners also are INetU Inc. and C I Host.

The new award system is based on careful monitoring and review of the leaders of the web hosting industry, including such varied criteria as pricing, money back guarantees, up-time, detailed plan features listed on the company site, plan and price flexibility, the level of the technical support, the equipment, and technical security issues.

The heart of the new approach is a reliance on user reviews. This is a part of the review process that completes the final decision making. Reviews are important because they present the customers' view on the company services and overall performance. Companies are constantly evoloving, so user reviews can provide a snapshot in time of a particular company's services.